The Court of Appeal today urged Najib Abdul Razak's lead counsel to be more courteous when describing Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali.

"Please use polite words to show where he (Nazlan) had gone wrong. No need to use phrases like 'hopelessly incompetent' and 'poisoned his judgment'," said the chairperson of the three-person bench Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil.

This was after Muhammad Shafee Abdullah used the phrases "hopelessly incompetent" and "poisoned" when referring to...